Corset and similar garment for ladies&#39; wear



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UNITED STATES PATENT Ormea.

JOI-IN WILLIAM GORDON, OF BRISLINGTON, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR TO CHAPPELL ALLEN & COMPANY, LIMITED, OF REDFIELD, BRISTOL, ENGLAND.

CORSET AND SIMILAR GARMENT FOR LADIES WEAR.

Application filed March 26, 1925.

vT0 all whom it may concer/a.'

Be it known that JOI-IN WILLIAM GORDON, corset designer, a subject of the King of England, residing at 10 Eastwood Road, Brislington, in the county of Somerset, England, has invented certain new and useful Improvements in or Relating t0 Corsets and Similar Garments for Ladies lVear, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to corsets and similar garments for ladies wear and consists essentially in improved means for effecting the fastening thereof with the aid of hooks and eyes.

The more generally used fastening consists of studs and eyes which are formed or provided on busks inserted in pockets made for their reception at or near the meeting edges of the front opening. Hooks and eyes have been proposed for the purpose of fastening in place of the busks just above referred to but the arrangements thereof heretofore adopted have not afforded satisfaction in practice, there being a tendency for the hook part to hitch or obtrude into, tear and otherwise damage garments that are worn over or under the corset.

An object of the present invention therefore is to provide a hook and eye fastening that shall be free from the defects above mentioned and afford a reliable and easily handled means of securing the garment on the person.

According to this invention the hook part of the fastening is formed with an extended or lengthened shank or tongue and the corset body with a protective cavity or pocket for the reception of the portion of the shank or tongue which, upon the parts of the fastening being engaged or connected together passes through and beyond the eye and which it will be understood constitutes the aforesaid extended or lengthened shank or tongue.

Thus the point or end of the shank or tongue is protected and shielded so that it is prevented from causing damage to garments adjacent to the corset and the arrangement of the fastening enables the meeting edges to be preserved in close overlying relationship while it also prevents rucking or bending back of the upper clos- Serial No. 18,379.

The hook part may be on the upper edge and the eye on the lower or vice versa or the parts may be arranged with the hooks alternating with the eyes or otherwise as may be found desirable.

The eyes are arranged and attached on the inner or the outer side of one edge of the opening and at a suitable distance within the margin, the eyes being attached to the material of the corset body beneath a hem or fold so as to protrude in front of and/or beyond the openings to the pockets which are formed in the said hem or fold or in an additional hem or fold adjacent thereto.

The hooks are arranged and attached at intervals coincident with the eyes on the other edge of the opening the attachment being concealed beneath a hem or fold. The extended or lengthened shank or tongue is adapted to engage and retain its position in the eye by depressing apart thereof at or about the middle of its length so that the part of the shank beyond the inwardly projecting hump, which results from the aforesaid depressing, extends well beyond the eye when the latter and the hook are in engagement, the position o'f the opening to the pocket relatively to the eye ensuring the entry therein of the said extended or lengtlr ened portion of the shank so that the same is effectually protected and incapable of imparting injury or damage to any adjacent article of apparel.

The herein described means of fastening is applicable for use with the front opening as ordinarily arranged with parallel perpendicular meeting or overlapping edges; or with the said opening arranged in a diagonal line whereof the lower end is central, or otherwise according to individual taste or requirement. The said means may moreover be applied to an opening disposed at the side or other desired situation7 the front 'of the corset being constructed with a plain or solid section whereof one of the lateral edges constitutes one edge of the said opening and carries one part of the aforesaid fastening means. Suspenders may be attached at any suitable position on the garment such as the front, the side or/and otherwise.

The improved fastening may be used in conjunction or not with bone, steel or other stifi'ening means as may be required and their use will be readily understood by those acquainted with the subject of the invention.

That the invention may be readily understood and carried into effect same will now be more fully described with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front view of a corset embodying the features of the present invention a portion of the overlapping edge of the front opening being broken away to expose the eyes and the pockets adjacent thereto.

Figure Q is a view of the inner side of the central front section of the garment.

Figure 3 is a diagrammatic section approximately on the line 3 3 in Figure 1.

Figure fl is adiagrammatic section on the line 4--11 in Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a view of the eye carrying edge of the garment the front overlying edge of the latter being removed; the section or cut line on which the view is taken is indicated at 5-51in Figure 4.

Figures 6, 7 and 8 are enlarged views of the hook.

Figures 9, 10 and 11, are enlarged views of the eye.

Figures l2 and 13 show` a modified form of the hook.

Figure 14 is a view of a modified form of the eye for use therewith.

In the garment illustrated, vthe hooks are shewn on the inner or under side of the outer or overlying edge of the opening, the latter being disposed about midway between the front centre line and the side seam.

Referring to Figures 6, 7 and 8 the hook a is formed with an extendedv or lengthened shank al having a depression or inner hump a2 about the middle of its length. It'may be formed with tail loops a3 for effecting attachment by sewing or the tail may be of the character shewn in Figures 12 and 13 from which it will be seen that owing to the breadth of the tail a4 the hook may be retained in position by the usual edge stitching the enlarged or broadened part effectually counter-acting any tendency there may be for the hook to be dragged through the said sewing or material. lIn this construction of the hook the ends a5 of the wire are brought together' in a central position and returned into the open tail part a* which is formed by bending the wire angularly and laterally in relation to the centrally positioned adjacent portions (1 a", a? and a5.

The eye t for use with the said hook consists of the hook engaging part b1 and the looped or eyed attaching tail portion b2 (Figures 9, 10 and 11) or the broadened tail part b3 (Figure 141) which may be formed in a similar manner to that of the hook tail part or be formed with the ends of the wire abutting as at the enlarged or broadened tail operating to prevent the eye being dragged through the edge stitching or material as described with reference to the hook. The part b1 is set at an inclination to the part and acts asl an effective keep to the hook as will be readily understood from a reference to Figures -t and 5 in which the parts are shewn in engagement.

The corset (Figure l) is formed with a front central section c which may be plain or solid or, when greater freedom of movement is required divided at the lower end lby a slit portion el; Suspenders el, d shewn partly broken away, being attached to the said central section, one suspender on each side ofthe aforesaid division. Other suspenders al] (Z1 are similarly shewn depending from the side seams or thereabouts. It will however be understood' that the suspenders may be otherwise disposed and that their number may be increased or decreased as occasion requires.

In the garment illustrated the hooks a are attached to the inner or under side of the edge c2 of the longitudinal opening in the corset body c3 situated on one side of the front centre line of the garment. The hooks are attached to a carrying tape or the like e which is attached to a strip fconnecting the tape e with the corset material at the edge c2 a covering strip g being applied to conceal the hook attachments or tail parts. The dotted lines 1, 2, 3, 4 indicate stitching whereby the several layers of material just described are secured it being understood that the stitching'in effect draws the said layers together into intimate contact, the parts being shewn separated for the sake of clearness and to facilitate the drawing thereof (Figure 4).

The eyes are attached to a strip L which is secured by stitching 5, G, 7 to the 4corset material cS at or near the edge c4 which underlies the edge c2, the said strip z, having stitched thereto, as at 8, a hemmed or folded piece or strip litwhich, along 'the fold or hem 1, is stitched at intervals transversely, as at 9, to form' the pockets la for receiving the extended or lengthened hook shanks when the parts of the fastening are in useful engagement.

Both the hook and the eye may be of the .kind hereinbefore described having the enlarged or broadened tail part and be held in position by the edge stitching or material, the method of attaching or positioning either the hookfor the eye being subject to variation and depending on the nature of the corset material employed, the style of the garment and other conditions known to corset manufacturers.

It will be seen that the improved fastening enables a secure connection of the parts of the opening to be obtained while as the result of the directional relation between the eye and the mouth of the pocket the eX- tended or lengthened hook shank is delinitely directed to the said pocket when the parts of the fastening are brought into engagement, and when so enclosed the point or end of the said shank is effectually protected and prevented from hitching into or damaging garments worn adjacent to the corset. The inwardly projecting hump a2 ensures the parts remaining in engagement. The method of attaching and shielding hereinbefore described further enables the relative positions of the overlying or meeting edges of the opening in the garment to l be preserved while rucking or bending back of such edges is prevented.

Stiffening means may be associated with the fastening or the corset may be constructed without such means. The drawing shews stiffening steels, bones or the like Z in suitable dispositions. The loops m m are provided for use in attaching a brassire or other garment. n indicates the waist line of the corset and o the back lacing.

I claim:

1. In a garment for ladies wear having overlapping edges to be detachably connected, hooks and eyes carried by said edges, projecting from abutting faces of the edges within the overlapping Zone, and interengageable by pairs to prevent separation of said edges, the edge carrying the eyes having, between the row of eyes and the margin, a pocket extending along the edge and opening toward the eyes, said pocket being divided into sub-pockets into which the hooks move in entering the eyes, by stitching between eyes to prevent opening of the long pocket, whereby the hooks will be protected and shielded while interengaged with the eyes.

2. A garment construction comprising overlapping garment edges, a hook carried by one edge and an eye by the other edge, said hook and eye projecting toward one another from abutting faces, within the overlapping Zone of said edges, and interengageable with one another to prevent separation of said edges, the garment edge carrying the eye having, between the eye and the margin, a pocket opening toward the eye into which the hook moves in entering the eye, whereby the hook will be protected and shielded while inter-engaged with the eye, said hook having a relatively long eye-engaging locking tongue and an inwardly projecting locking hump at a distance from the free end of the tongue at least equal to one third the length of the tongue, whereby the free end of the tongue will be held well within the pocket while engaged with the eye.

3. In a garment for ladies wear having overlapping edges to be detachably connected, hooks and eyes carried by said edges,

projecting from abutting faces of the edges within the overlapping zone, and interengageable by pairs to prevent separation of said edges, the edge carrying the eyes having, between the row of eyes and the margin, a pocket extending along the edge and opening toward the eyes, said pocket .being di' vided into sub-pockets into which the hooks move in entering the eyes, by stitching between the eyes to prevent opening of the long pocket, whereby the hooks will be protected and shielded while interengaged with the eyes, said hooks each having a relatively long eye-engaging locking tongue and an inwardly projecting locking hump at a distance from the free end of the tongue at least equal to one third the length of the tongue, whereby the free ends of the tongues will be held well within the sub-pockets while engaged with the eyes.

4. In a corset or similar 'garment for ladies wear adapted for a hook-and-eye fastening the combination with hooks each having a long eye-engaging tongue and an inwardly directed hump at about the middle of the tongues length, of eyes adapted to co-operate with said tongues, and a series of pockets formed by stitching at intervals transversely the material of the corset body adjacent the edge thereof which carries the said eyes and positioned outwardly adjacent to and in directional relation with said eyes, so that the tongues of the respectively cooperating hooks on emerging from the eyes are definitely directed into the said pockets which thereby enclose the tongues and p1.o

tect them from causing injury to garments worn adjacent the corset.

5. In a corset or similar garment for ladies wear adapted for hook-and-eye fastening, the combination with hooks each having a long` eye-engaging tongue and inwardly directed hump at about the middle of the tongues length, of eyes adapted to co-operate with said tongues in conjunction with a series of pockets adjacent to said eyes and formed between a strip of material which has its outer edge secured by continuously stitching the same to the corset body at the edge thereof which carries the eyes, and its inner edge secured by cross stitching the same at intervals to the said body, said cross stitching being positioned transversely in relation to said inner edge above and below each eye so that the pockets are coincident with the eyes and the tongues of the respectively co-operating hooks on emerging from the eyes are definitely directed into the said pockets which thereby enclose said tongues and protect them from causing injury to garments worn adjacent to the corset.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my signature this 12th day of lvlarch, 1925.

JOHN vWILLIAM GGR-DON. 

